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Two million Muslims recently completed the once-in-a-lifetime pilgrimage to Mecca, the birthplace of Prophet Muhammad. More than a billion Muslims across the globe turn to Mecca in Saudi Arabia to offer their five daily prayers. The holy cities of Mecca and Medina are the birthplace of Islam, yet extremism is being disseminated and propagated by the current rulers from there. Unfortunately, many Muslim scholars and leaders turn a blind eye to this troubling reality. The Wahhabi/Salafi ideology, with a long history of spreading extremism resulting in killings, is behind this. The House of Saud is extremely unpopular among Muslims and is often referred to as "Um al fasad" (Arabic...

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